Cumbest Sawmill Quotes

#1. We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this particular conjunction and no other. And the key to this is the kind of attention we pay to the world.

Iain McGilchrist

#2. An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

Richard Cecil

#3. I saw my husband in his cell for ten minutes. During the interview the cell was packed with officers and a sergeant, who kept a watch in his hand and closed the interview by saying, 'Your ten minutes is now up.'

Grace Gifford

#4. Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf.

Alan Cohen

#5. Even enlightened people think of themselves as beginners. They probably think of themselves as beginners more than others do - perpetual beginners who begin again each moment because their subject is endless.

Frederick Lenz

#6. God is nearer to you than any thought or feeling of yours ... Do not be afraid.

George MacDonald

#7. Place before your eyes two Precepts, and two only. One is, Preach the Gospel; and the other is
Put down enthusiasm!The Church of England in a nutshell.

Mary Augusta Ward

#8. He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.

Anne McCaffrey

#9. Skulduggery walked over slowly. He had picked up his severed arm and was now holding it out to her.
"Here," he said. "Let me give you a hand.

Derek Landy

#10. So many people, if the truth were known, live their lives on two levels. The principles they fight about are often at odds with the complicated and often frustrated lives they live. This is why there is so much intensity.

Walter Wink

#11. He had caught the general malevolence. He had picked up the weapon with which he had been wounded.

Victor Hugo

#12. Carrying a proper sword, is he? Those well-fed types do tend to crowd their breeches, or so I hear.

Scott Lynch